The difference between the two stadiums became immediately apparent… but you had
to see this for yourself, to understand why a new facility was necessary when Busch
Stadium II had become a good enough ballpark. That thing you had to see for
yourself is the fact that… you could "see" … everything. No longer was the city
hidden behind the towering outfield bleachers. You were no longer in isolation
within the confines of the ballpark. You

could now view the world. You could see the essence of St. Louis. You
could the downtown skyscrapers; you could see the construction cranes in action.
In many ways it was the same in other cities as well that would eventually
build anew like St. Louis. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati for example, allowed you to
see the rivers and bridges that made those cities so very special.